One sunny day in May, 2010 an old man approached the 10 Downing Street from the Embankment, where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the Policeman standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with PM Brown."
The copper looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Brown is no longer PM and no longer resides here."
The old man said, "Okay", and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached No 10 and said to the same copper, "I would like to go in and meet with Mr Brown"
The copper again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Brown is no longer PM and no longer resides here."
The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the No 10 and spoke to the very same plod, saying "I would like to go in and meet with Mr Brown."
The copper, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Brown. I've told you already that Mr. Brown is no longer the Prime Minister and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"
The old man looked at the copper and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it."
The Policeman snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow, Sir."
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